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The transportation research community relies on numerous partnerships to conduct research and implement technologies and innovations. Key partners include the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,...
The UTC Program was created in 1987 under the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, which established transportation centers in 10 regions. The UTC Program was reauthorized five more times expanding the...
The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) was established in 1962 to address pressing, broadly relevant problems for highway authorities through coordinated cooperative research. The program was initiated by the Chief Executive Officers of the American Association of State...
The Office of Research, Development and Technology engages in international research collaboration leveraging knowledge through complementary research, pooling of international funds to address global transport challenges, and conducting demonstrations in the United States and Europe.
...On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act—the first Federal law in more than 10 years to provide long-term funding certainty for surface transportation....
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administers the Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF) Program as a means for interested States, FHWA, and other organizations to partner when significant or widespread interest is shown in solving transportation–related problems. Partners may pool funds and...
Question 1: Who determines how the highway research funding is distributed in the various areas of national significance?
Answer 1: Every...
Congress established the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to stimulate technological innovation, utilize small businesses to meet Federal research and development (R&D) needs, encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged businesses in technological innovation, and...
There are many opportunities to get involved in highway research and finding solutions to complex transportation problems, and helping get the word out to transportation organizations across the Nation about using those new technologies and innovations....
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) works to ensure that its research, technology, and education programs are coordinated with other transportation research and that partnership opportunities are fully explored. FHWA works...